UPSC Political Science mains question papers

Listed below are the UPSC Political Science and International Relations (PSIR) Mains question papers arranged yearwise to help you understand the exam pattern, question trends, and topic-wise weightage of the IAS Political Science optional. Carefully go through this comprehensive PSIR previous year question bank to identify recurring themes, important thinkers, key political theories, Indian polity issues, and major international relations topics. The question papers provided here are the actual UPSC PSIR papers asked in the Civil Services Mains Examination. Our UPSC Political Science question bank is updated with the latest papers up to 2025 to help you plan your preparation with better accuracy and focus.

Previous Year Question Papers

• Question paper of 2025 [Paper-I][PDF]
• Question paper of 2025 [Paper-II][PDF]
• Question paper of 2024 [Paper-I][PDF]
• Question paper of 2024 [Paper-II][PDF]
• Question Paper of 2023 [Paper-I][PDF]
• Question Paper of 2023 [Paper-II][PDF]
• Question Paper of 2022 [Paper-I][PDF]
• Question Paper of 2022 [Paper-II][PDF]
• Question Paper of 2021 [Paper-I][PDF]
• Question Paper of 2021 [Paper-II][PDF]
• Question paper of 2020 [Paper-I][PDF]
• Question paper of 2020 [Paper-II][PDF]
• Question paper of 2019 [Paper-I][PDF]
• Question paper of 2019 [Paper-II][PDF]
• Question Paper of 2018 [Paper-I][PDF]
• Question Paper of 2018 [Paper-II][PDF]
• Question Paper of 2017 [Paper-I][PDF]
• Question Paper of 2017 [Paper-II][PDF]
• Question Paper of 2016 [Paper-I][PDF]
• Question Paper of 2016 [Paper-II][PDF]
• Question Paper of 2015 [Paper-I][PDF]
• Question Paper of 2015 [Paper-II][PDF]
• Question Paper of 2014 [Paper-I][PDF]
• Question Paper of 2014 [Paper-II][PDF]
• Question Paper of 2013 [Paper-I][PDF]
• Question Paper of 2013 [Paper-II][PDF]
• Question Paper of 2012 [Paper-I][PDF]
• Question Paper of 2012 [Paper-II][PDF]
• Question Paper of 2011 [Paper-I][PDF]
• Question Paper of 2011[Paper-II][PDF]
• Question Paper of 2010 [Paper-I][PDF]
• Question Paper of 2010 [Paper-II][PDF]
• Question Paper of 2009[PDF]
• Question Paper of 2009[PDF]
• Question Paper of 2007[DOC Format]
• Question Paper of 2005[PDF]
• Question Paper of 2004[PDF]